288 



FALCONID^S. 



1. Muttra, 20th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Muttra, 21st Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Muttra, '22nd Jan. Hume Coll. 

 171. Agra, lst-27th Feb. (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



2. Kahun, 20th Feb. ( W. E. Brooks}. Seebohra Coll. 



3. Etawah, 16th Feb. ( W. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawah, 17th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawah, 22nd Feb. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawah, 24th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 6th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 8th March. Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 9th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 24th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 13th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Futtehpur Sikri, 30th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 23rd Feb. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, llth March (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Bin ff ham). 



3. Bhurtpur, Oudh, 24th Jan. Hume Coll. 



5. Bhurtpur, 26th Jan. Hume Coll. 



6. Bhurtpur, 28th Jan. Hume Coll. 



7. Bhurtpur, 30th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Benares. Old Collection, 



2. Kishinguuji, Bengal, 9th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Maunbhooro, Bengal (R. C. Crowley Bequest. 



Beavan). 



2. Raipur, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 



1. Madras. Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 26th Jan. (E. W. Oates}. Gates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 28th Jan. (E. W. O.}. Oates Coll. 



3. Pegu, 31st Jan. (E. W. O.}. Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 6th Feb. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1 Pegu, 7th Feb. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, llth Feb. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 14th Feb. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, Feb. (E. W. O.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, March (E. W. 0.). Hume Coll. 



2. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 5th Jan. Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



Milvus melanotis, T. fy S. 



Milvus melanotis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 324 (1874) ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1887, p. 234; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 176 

 (1890); Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, pt. i. p. 46 (1891); La 

 Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 486; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl) p. 277 

 (1895) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 377 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 268 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 8 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-eared Kite measure from 2-05 to 2-35 in 

 length, and from 1-6 to 1-8 in breadth. The smallest specimen 

 measures 2-05 by 1'6, and is therefore no larger than some of the 

 eggs of Milvus govinda. 



